Support for electric conductors



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M. J. HAR-T.

SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC GONDUGTORS.

N0.'377,894. l Patented Feb. 14, 1888.

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. SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC OONDUGTORS.

No. 377,894. Patented Feb. 14, 1888;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE J. HART,` OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,894, dated February 14, 1888.

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' ence being had tothe annexed drawings, form- QSCELPGS.

ing a part thereof, in which- Figurel is a side elevation of my improved support for electric conductors, and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the upper portion of the support on the line w x in Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in both views.

rIhe object of my invention is to construct a support for electric conductors for electric lighting, telegraphic, telephonie, and other purposes, which will sustain the conductors above the general level of the house-tops and will afford facilities for adjusting or repairing the line'conductors.

In its broadest aspect my invention consists of the following parts, viz.: preferably a series of towers erected at the intersection of streets, having cross-bars for supporting conductors, two or more cables supported by said towers, and, preferably, trestles which are provided with supports for conductors and arranged between the towers and supported by the cables.

Theinvention further consists in combining a foot-bridge with the foregoing parts, it being suspended from the cables by suitable means, all as hereinafter described.

The towers A, which are preferably erected at the intersection of streets, are formed of holloW'corner-posts a, resting on the curbstone at the corners of streets and provided with floors or landings I), which connect the cornerposts and form platforms to be used as fire- 'Ihe corner-posts are made convergent, so that the tower tapers from the width of the street at the bottom to a few feet at the top. To the top of each tower are secured bars c, for supporting telephone-wires, and below the bars c are arranged' series of bars d ef g, designed for supporting wires for general tele graphic purposcsf-city telegraph-wires, firealarms, &c., incandescent electric-light con ductors, and arc electric-light conductorseach kind of electric conductor being arranged in separate groups, the arc wires being preferably placed at the bottom and the incandescent conductors next above, to remove them as far as possible from the telephone-conductors at the top in order toavoid the effects of induction.

The towers A support a number of wire cables, B B. In the present case two cables, B, are attached to the towers in the same level and the cable B is suspended from a higher point. From thelower cables, B, is suspended a footway, O, by Suspenders 7L, the footway being formed of trestle-work and planking, according to any of the well-known plans.

To the cables B B B are secured trestles D, which carry cross-bars c d e f g, corresponding with the bars on the towers, and below the bars c d cfg are arranged platforms c', for sup` porting the line-men or inspector. Telephonewires j, telegraph-wires k Z, incandescent electric-light wires M, and arc electric-light wires n are supported by the bars c d cfg, preferably in the order named, beginning with the telephonewires, which are at the top. Each tower A is provided with a ladder, o, by which ascent and descent may be made by the linemen or inspector.

Although the towers A are preferably placed at the intersection of streets, they may 8o be placed at intermediate points, or they may be arranged several blocks apart, and as many intermediate trestles D as are necessary may be used.

By means of my improved support for elec- 8 5 tric conductors the conductors are suspended in a position entirely out of the way of. builders and firemen. It avoids obstructing the streets with unsightly poles and does not obscure the light.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination, with a series of towers provided with conductor-supporting crossbars, of two or more cables supported by the towers and intermediate trestles supported by the cables and provided with conductorsupports, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a series of towers provided with conductor -supporting crossroo bars, of two or more cables supported by the towers, intermediate trestles supported by the cables and provided with conductor-supports,

and a foot-bridge suspended from the cables, 5 substantially as described.

3. They combination, in an electric coni ductor-support, of towers A, having hollow columns a and platforms b, series of crossbars c d ef g, adapted to support the electric conductors, cables B B B,trestles D, supported 1o by the cables and provided with the cross-bars c d cfg and platforms t', and the bridge C and Suspenders 7l, substantially as described.

MAURICE J. HART.

Witnesses:

A. S. PnRKINs, T. WHARTON CoLLENs. 

